I would arrive on foot in the afternoon, having walked the quarter mile from the elementary school to the small store situated on the main drag of Cohutta, Ga., which meant I was right smack in the middle of “not a whole lot going on.”

Cohutta, a town of about 500, sits on the north end of Whitfield County, just about two miles from the Tennessee line. As you might imagine, it wasn’t exactly a hub of economic activity.

Lucky for you, it’s Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser time again at the middle school. Act fast to obtain these intangible benefits and more. Get your cookie dough while it lasts. Believe me, folks, it goes faster than you (or your kids) think.

One more adventure survived, I thought. I theorized that if I didn’t acknowledge aloud how the plane skidded askew down the sandy runway, then it didn’t happen.

Two days later, my husband worked up the audacity to say, “Were you looking out of the cockpit window when we landed? Sideways!” Was it more horrifying that I had a view through the cockpit window or that we nearly tumbled into the Eleuthera International Airport stall belly over back?

ATLANTA — The divergent views of the George Zimmerman trial for the death of Trayvon Martin illustrate how profound demographic differences can be, but the implications go beyond pop culture to impact all levels of government.

In that case, surveys show that black Americans viewed Zimmerman as guilty of committing a racially motivated murder, but other ethnic groups accepted the jury’s acquittal. The split illustrates how public issues are swayed by demographics.

Those bright red boxes you see cropping up in parking lots all over the county are not what they seem.

Sure, they look like convenient places to drop off unwanted household items. The large white letters that say “Clothing and Shoes” on the side gives the appearance that each is a collection site for a local charity.

That’s what Better World Recycling wants you to think.

But, Better World’s red boxes are not for charity, at least not so far.